Josh Gates Live! An Evening of Ghosts, Monsters, & Tales Adventure Review

Go away Often! As fans Expedition Unknown, Destination Truth and all things Josh Gates, we were excited to have the opportunity to go see his show live in our hometown of San Diego at the historic Balboa Theater. Not knowing what to expect, we had read lots of great reviews and a small amount of not so great reviews about his live show being essentially an extended advertisement of his two main TV gigs. While we can see some people interpreting that based on the format of the live show, we found that it was the complete opposite. While it definitely helped that we were well versed fans of his, Josh did joke about how there were most likely people in his audience who were not familiar with him or his shows. The live show consisted of Josh telling stories about his travels, his experiences in working on both of his main TV shows, an extended audience Q&A period at the end (see our video below), and how he basically fell into the greatest job in the show business. Overall we found his show to be funny, highly motivating to get off the couch, travel, and to challenge yourself to think outside of the box and go see what is out there in this big and ever changing world. We highly recommend attending this show if he makes his way into your area. More information about Josh’s travels are detailed in his book, "Destination Truth: Memoirs of a Monster Hunter" if you want to learn more.

Flicks, tips, and more...

Do you have a favorite Halloween film? Well checkout the Chicago Tribune's list of top 25 scariest Halloween films here.

This looks really interesting... We found an oldie but goodie trailer for the documentary The Black Power Mixtape This looks like a good film to add to your video library

Here is a great tutorial on lenses by the folks at Vimeo.

Behind the Glass Part 1: An Intro to Lenses from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.
Ever want to know how to slate correctly? Its never too late to learn how.

Tech Tip - Slating from Framelines TV on Vimeo.

DIY FILMMAKING 101

In the spirit of Halloween we present the staples of the cheap horror flick genre...great tips on how to create cheap effects, props, DIY film equipment etc etc. Check these out...
Briefcase of Prop Money


This affordable underwater camera rig is perfect for filming that last surreal near-drowning scene for your psychedelic boat journey of self-realization masterpiece. Or filming just capturing cool fish and trash-treasure onto your Youtube channel.


For Halloween, want to learn how to create real looking cuts on the cheap???


A reminder for the Criterion Collection fans....Hulu is a great place to catch up on the classics
Read more....Criterion Comes to Hulu Plus - Movies - News - IFC.com

Batman and other inane thoughts...

Well I am sure you are aware that the biggest movie of the summer and arguably the year...(besides the Hobbit and Avengers) is coming out this weekend. The early reviews are out and they are extremely positive. Will you stand in line to see Batman this weekend? Despite the feeling that we will be let down again (see Avengers) we will see it this weekend for sure. For now, checkout this cool behind the scenes special:

Are they splitting the Hobbit Part 2 into even more films??? Want to know more about Iron Man 3??? Look no further!

Prometheus

Well it took longer than I thought to get around to posting our review of Prometheus but its worth the wait right? Anyway we loved the film. We went into with open minds and we mostly ignored the critics reviews. That being said, despite leaving the theater will a million questions it was an amazing visual experience. Definitely spend the extra cash to see the film in 3D Imax. If you want to learn more about the film, IFC has some interesting facts about Prometheus. Red Letter Media has interesting questions about Prometheus. Spoiler alert!
Despite completely losing faith in Oliver Stone, his latest effort looks interesting...

Prometheus

We are going to go see Prometheus tonight in 3D IMAX and will post a review of sorts tomorrow. I have to say that we are huge fans of Ridley Scott's work and can't wait to see his latest flick. Checkout this featurette:

If you haven't seen it already, the new trailer for Tarantino's Djando Unchained is out...not sure what I think about it honestly...

The Last Circus

If you can get past the freaky clowns in this trailer, I can say with the upmost confidence that you probably haven't seen a film like this before. The Last Circus is definitely a film I can't wait to see.

Can't wait to find out what movies are coming out this fall??? Checkout IFC's Fall Movie Preview.